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History · Ashland

Ashland’s post office opened in 1884, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Ashland was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: old-book passages.

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1on the National Register
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How Ashland began

When was Ashland founded?

1884

The Ashland post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 8,513142 years
Founding year: the first Ashland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ashland’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ashland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ashland’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ashland’s history is told.

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The story so far

Ashland, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ashland yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ashland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Cherry Hill, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Ashland had a population of 8,513.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 8,302 to 8,513 (+3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Ashland in 1886

Passages that mention Ashland, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Ashland is a station on the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, on the Delaware township line. A post-office of the same nanie has been recently established, and Amos Ebert appointed postmaster. Aside from these, no other interests have been created.
The history of Camden county, New Jersey1886 · page 657Read the page →
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Ashland is a station on the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, on the Delaware township line. A post-office of the same nanie has been recently established, and Amos Ebert appointed postmaster. Aside from these, no other interests have been created.

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monessen. Rev. R. J. Burt, a graduate of Princeton College, was the first teacher. A small frame building was put up in Glendale District, near Ashland Station, and was used until 1855, when the Methodists built a church at Glendale village, and the inhabitants contributed towards it* erection, wit…
The history of Camden county, New Jersey1886 · page 314Read the page →
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monessen. Rev. R. J. Burt, a graduate of Princeton College, was the first teacher. A small frame building was put up in Glendale District, near Ashland Station, and was used until 1855, when the Methodists built a church at Glendale village, and the inhabitants contributed towards it* erection, with the understanding that the basement should

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Ashland

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ashland

Nobody well known was born in Ashland itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ali LarterAmerican actress and model · b. 1976
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Lauren CohanAmerican-British actress · b. 1982
Cristin MiliotiAmerican actress and singer · b. 1985
Mike BibbyAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1978
Kelly RipaAmerican actress and talk show host · b. 1970
Tamika CatchingsAmerican Hall of Fame basketball player · b. 1979
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Cherry Hill Township5 historic placesB−Haddonfield6 historic placesA+Lawnside2 historic placesC+SpringdaleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEchelon1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVoorhees Township2 historic placesC−

Questions about Ashland’s history

What year was Ashland founded?

The Ashland post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.